title: Discovery of steninae from ningxia, northwest china (coleoptera, staphylinidae).
abstract: A study on the Steninae of Ningxia Autonomous Region is presented. Sixteen species are recognized, including new province records for 11 species and four new species: Stenus biwenxuani sp. n., Stenus liupanshanus sp. n., Dianous yinziweii sp. n., Dianous ningxiaensis sp. n. Habitus photos of the new species, illustrations of diagnostic characters of all species and a key to species of the Steninae recorded from Ningxia are provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, 1st Educational Building 323 Room, Shanghai, 200234 P. R. China.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Li-Zhen
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: China; Coleoptera; Ningxia; Staphylinidae; Steninae; identification key; new species